• Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2 hours

      this is a pretty accurate representation of most current day boycotts.

    • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1 hour

      Hm I wonder if that list of 17 pages is perhaps sorted to show people in the game who may have either accidentally clicked the join button or are new.

    • Guitar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1 hour

      This is so much bigger and more important than dedicated servers for Modern Warfare 2. I get that most boycotts are not very effective, but all of this apathetic resignation does nothing but hurt all of us. Instead of putting effort into downplaying our side, put that effort into calling out Sony.

  • Hakuso@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
    14 minutes

    I returned my PS4 when I found on that not only did it not have backwards compatibility, but it kept shoving ads for crappy streaming services in my home screen as links where my games should have been.

    Now I’m off Windows, too, and doing just fine gaming on Linux.

  • creamfresh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1 hour

    Not buying a product because you don’t like the product is not a boycott.

  • godsammitdam@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2 hours

    Why 1 week? Just do it indefinitely. Don’t tell them ypu’re coming back, make them have to entice your back. That’s how you actually claim material wins. Otherwise they’ll just treat you like a whining toddler and eait out your tantrum.

    Announcing the end of a protest or boycott has always been the stupidest idea to me. Why give the enemy so much leverage?

    If you have to be digital anyway, move to the platform that respects you. Or at least the one where you have more control. And where there are indie titles out the wazoo. And you don’t have to pay an additional subscription just to play with your friends.

    And while you boycott with no end, contact legislative representatives and organize groups to visit their offices and speak to them to ensure our rights to own when we purchase. Work with SKG and ensure art is allowed to continue existing.

  • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2 hours

    Cancelling PS Plus would be a much better move. I only use my PS5 for YouTube nowadays, so I won’t be participating since I have to log in for that. But I won’t be playing any games on it or buying anything.

  • hakase@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1 hour

    Lol, we all know just how effective gamer boycotts have been in the past.

  • yucandu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2 hours

    This is like when women who have never had sex call on other women to join them in not having sex with men as some sort of protest.

  • Zinck@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7 minutes

    Are we Reddit now? A boycott indicating the time it’s over so they now when things go back to usual?

  • guyincognito@piefed.socialEnglish
    44 minutes

    Even better would be to buy their systems (used) and then install Linux with Steam and emulators, so you can play Steam games and any retro game up to PS3 on your PS4 and PS5. I am currently trying to do this to my PS4 as I write this, but am running into challenges as I am not the most tech savvy, but it can be done! The more people in on this, the easier it becomes. Stop updating your system software today.

  • r3g3n3x@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3 hours

    These sort of things, if unorganized, just show corps and govs that nothing will change because there is no real organization beyond a call to action.

    The real thing to do here is to organize something. Get people to sign up, just a simple list of everyone that agrees to it. Set up some sort of text or mailing list as a reminder, and actually do the thing. This is probably one of the most likely “protests” to succeed with proper organization and initiative because all those that participate have to do is not log on for a day.

    It’s gotta be a place to start.

    • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 hours

      I haven’t owned a Sony console since the PS2, but I will gladly double, even triple, my effort to continue to do nothing!

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
    1 hour

    Having seem strong protests become meaningless for being one-offs, I’d strongly recommend, besides doing this initial boycott, to keep pressuring against them whenever you can. Get the games you’re interested on competing platforms when possible, share the word of what they tried to pull, follow their competitors on social medias, etc. But don’t let the dissatisfaction die until they correct course.

    #PSBlackout

  • Macallan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 hours

    I’ve been participating for several years already.
    I don’t remember the last time I turned on my PS5.
    My PS5 controllers are full time connected to my steam deck.